A couple are being threatened with a £50,000 fine if they do not demolish a garage and sunroom they built four years ago on a budget of just £3,000 in their garden.
Despite receiving support from neighbours, James Bevis and his partner Louise, were told they needed planning permission for the DIY extension because part of it was forward from the front of their home in Mayfield, Dalkeith. The council refused to grant permission instead ordering them to remove the building and all its materials from their garden.
And after a two year hiatus caused by the pandemic the local authority have now issued an enforcement notice, claiming a failure to remove their extension could result in a £50,000 fine and "undermine public confidence in planning policy".
